A programme assistant, Chris Diskin, from the Quaker Council for European Affairs is set to tour Quaker meetings in Britain to help Quakers to explore the negative impact of Free Trade Agreements on economic justice. Chris Diskin’s work in Europe focuses in particular on the European Union-US TTIP (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) and the…
“Someone can’t forgive with a broken heart. We need first to heal our wounds…Then start the work of peace and reconciliation.†So says Cécile Nyiramana, a peacebuilder from Rwanda at the British Quakers’ engaging exhibition This Light that Pushes Me. Cécile brought together the wives of victims of the Rwandan genocide to meet with the…
Quakers & Business members Paul Gibson and Nick Pyatt will be talking to the Occupy movement in London this Wednesday 14/12/2011 at the Tent City University by the cathedral of saint Paul, from 5pm to 6pm. Paul and Nick will discuss concerning sustaining and strengthening a non-hierarchical organisation, drawing on their experience of the Quaker…
Quaker Peace and Social Witness Spring Conference By Tim Herrick, Sam Robinson, and Sue Smith The Quaker Peace & Social Witness (QPSW) conference (25-27/03/2011) was an excellent opportunity to learn more about the work of this important Quaker body, to meet some of the people at the heart of its activities, and to learn more…
Harriet Hart is one of the editors of Spirit Rising, an anthology of Quaker youth ministry. She talked to Nayler about the book and her own experience of being involved in the project. You’re one of the editors of the Spirit Rising. What is it and why should people read it? Â Spirit Rising is…
Since last year’s “Young Quaker Climate March Posse†was such a success London Link Group thought it would be a great idea to do it again